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UPDATE: Congratulations to Rlabs who won both the “Best Company Blog” and “Best Group Blog” awards, and to She’s The Geek for winning the “Best Science and Technology Blog” award. Well done, guys and gals!

“The Given Collective was first conceptualized back in 2004 as a street art inniative known as “Question the Given”. Over the years The Given Collective has changed and evolved many times, from simple street art to a clothing brand and most recently a Graphic Design Agency. This blog serves as a platform from which we aim to showcase the best in design/graffiti and subversive art from around the net.”

Mission: To educate and empower women through the use of various computer, mobile and social technologies that is always fun and in turn having them leave a legacy for the next generationVision: To empower women globally through technology and innovationObjectives: Provide training, consulting, guest posts, technology reviews, talks and everything related to women and technology

The Reconstructed Living Lab is one of ten in South Africa, and the first one in the Western Cape. The project has grown out of collaboration between Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), a community organisation Impact Direct Ministries (IDM), and the Bridgetown Civic Organisation. It has features that are unique in living labs as it is community led and is based in a social deprived area in Cape Town.

I thought I would explain a few things. I am not explaining how I became so funny, or how I became so good looking. Those are trade secrets. First off, I am not really famous. I know right, I totally had you fooled. I am just a regular guy, who happens to also be very awesome.

Living ‘green’ for me means supporting small producers, visiting farmers’ markets, living a simpler, greener life. It’s all about the choices we individuals make – and this blog is about all the great stuff that’s going on right here on our doorstep